M-Taliesin
02-18-2011, 12:34 PM
Howdy Folks!
I got out for a shortie hunt last evening. Despite the temperature being around 46 degrees, the wind made things bone-chilling cold. So I didn't last long.
However, I did manage to get a silver ring stamped 925. I also recovered an earring shaped like a heart and it surely does look silver. It also has the proper weight to be silver. Since it ain't stamped, I ain't calling it, but Pipster and me are about 99% certain this thing is silver.
Also in the photos, you'll see what happens when you hit a frozen ring with a rock hammer while trying to bust through ice to fetch it out. Fortunately, this is a real cheapie ring, so no loss on that score. But it sounded like a dime, and gave a VDI around 79/80. Then I tried to get it out, but it was in hard packed, frozen wood chips. Somewhere along the line, I must have scored a direct hit on the ring with my hammer and busted it up pretty good. You'd think I'd know better after 3 winters, but sometimes your hammer just doesn't land where you intended.
My take was:
10 Quarters = $2.50
12 Nickels = $0.60
24 Dimes = $2.40
36 Pennies = $0.36
1 Prez Dollar Coin = $1.00
Total = $6.86
Coin Count = 83 Coins.
That was all from one location with 5 individual tot lots.
And I had one of them kids who asked; Can I try that machine?
To which I answered; Let me think about that one. No! Not even!
Another asked Can we help you find stuff?
At which point I held up my rock hammer I have all the help I need right here!
They finally got bored and moved off. Can't deny I was glad to see their south
ends as they moved off north!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin
I got out for a shortie hunt last evening. Despite the temperature being around 46 degrees, the wind made things bone-chilling cold. So I didn't last long.
However, I did manage to get a silver ring stamped 925. I also recovered an earring shaped like a heart and it surely does look silver. It also has the proper weight to be silver. Since it ain't stamped, I ain't calling it, but Pipster and me are about 99% certain this thing is silver.
Also in the photos, you'll see what happens when you hit a frozen ring with a rock hammer while trying to bust through ice to fetch it out. Fortunately, this is a real cheapie ring, so no loss on that score. But it sounded like a dime, and gave a VDI around 79/80. Then I tried to get it out, but it was in hard packed, frozen wood chips. Somewhere along the line, I must have scored a direct hit on the ring with my hammer and busted it up pretty good. You'd think I'd know better after 3 winters, but sometimes your hammer just doesn't land where you intended.
My take was:
10 Quarters = $2.50
12 Nickels = $0.60
24 Dimes = $2.40
36 Pennies = $0.36
1 Prez Dollar Coin = $1.00
Total = $6.86
Coin Count = 83 Coins.
That was all from one location with 5 individual tot lots.
And I had one of them kids who asked; Can I try that machine?
To which I answered; Let me think about that one. No! Not even!
Another asked Can we help you find stuff?
At which point I held up my rock hammer I have all the help I need right here!
They finally got bored and moved off. Can't deny I was glad to see their south
ends as they moved off north!
Blessings,
M-Taliesin